They certainly cannot escape blame.

The so-called reverse burden of proof rule was created in 2013 to deal with the impression that senior executives seemed to escape blame for wrongdoing at their companies.

In the search for the 'guilty men' responsible for the near-collapse of the global economy, one obvious group of scapegoats has escaped blame: the economists.

Business schools have not escaped blame, criticised for turning out financial engineers rather than real business leaders.

However, he largely escaped blame for the relegation and was retained as manager.